1947 Boston Yanks (NFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Division • 4-7-1 .364 |
| Head Coach: Clipper Smith |
| Alvin Julian | Backfield |
| Orville Tuttle | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/31/1947 | A | Detroit Lions | 47-14 | W | Flint, MI | Atwood Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sun | 9/7/1947 | N | Chicago Bears | 14-37 | L | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 12000 | |
| Wed | 9/10/1947 | N | Los Angeles Rams | 0-24 | L | Des Moines, IA | Drake Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sun | 9/14/1947 | A | Green Bay Packers | 10-14 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fair Park | 17895 | |
| Fri | 9/19/1947 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 3-7 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 16000 | |
| Mon | 9/29/1947 | H | New York Giants | 7-7 | T | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 21905 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1947 | H | Detroit Lions | 7-21 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 16097 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1947 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-30 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 18894 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1947 | A | New York Giants | 14-0 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 37144 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1947 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 7-27 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 22286 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1947 | H | Chicago Bears | 24-28 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 24894 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1947 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 27-16 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 19415 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1947 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 0-32 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 26498 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1947 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-14 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 15368 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1947 | H | Washington Redskins | 27-24 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 24800 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1947 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 7-17 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 31398 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1947 | A | Washington Redskins | 13-40 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 33226 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Johnny Badaczewski | 35 | ROG-LOG | 6-1 | 235 | 25 | Western Reserve | 12 | 12 |
| Fritz Barzilauskas | 36 | LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 230 | 27 | Holy Cross; Yale | 7 | 1 |
| Rocco Canale | 45 | LDT-LOT | 5-11 | 240 | 27 | Boston College | 10 | 10 |
| Bill Chipley | 38 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 199 | 27 | Clemson; Washington & Lee | 10 | 1 |
| Bill Collins | 65 | OG-DG | 5-8 | 195 | 25 | Texas; Southwestern (Texas); Texas | 12 | 0 |
| Hal Crisler | 24 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 215 | 24 | San Jose State; Iowa State | 12 | 3 |
| Don Currivan | 29 | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 193 | 27 | Boston College | 11 | 7 |
| Boley Dancewicz | 22 | QB | 5-10 | 187 | 23 | Notre Dame | 12 | 8 |
| Tom Dean | 44 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 247 | 24 | Arkansas State; Southern Methodist | 11 | 7 |
| Don Deeks | 41 | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 238 | 24 | Washington | 3 | 1 |
| Joe Domnanovich | 32 | C-LB | 6-0 | 213 | 28 | Alabama | 8 | 6 |
| Ed Fiorentino | 54/ | DB-ROH | 6-1 | 210 | 24 | Boston College; Brown | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Godwin | 40 | C-RLB | 6-3 | 238 | 28 | Georgia | 12 | 12 |
| Joe Golding | 10 | LOH-ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 184 | 26 | Oklahoma | 11 | 8 |
| Sam Goldman | 23 | LDE-LOE | 6-3 | 228 | 31 | Ohio State; Samford | 12 | 12 |
| Paul Governali | 4 | QB | 5-11 | 194 | 26 | Columbia | 4 | 4 |
| Johnny Grigas | 15 | ROH-RDH-FB-LB | 6-0 | 204 | 27 | Holy Cross | 11 | 2 |
| Bill Kennedy | 31 | LOG-ROG-MLB | 5-11 | 200 | 28 | Michigan State | 12 | 12 |
| Bob Long | 11 | RDH | 5-10 | 190 | 25 | Tennessee | 3 | 0 |
| Howie Maley | 16 | P-QB-LOH | 5-11 | 187 | 26 | Southern Methodist | 12 | 0 |
| Frank Maznicki | 17 | DB-LOH-K? | 5-9 | 181 | 27 | Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| Bob McClure | 43 | LOG-LDG-LOE-LDE-OT-DT | 6-1 | 224 | 23 | Drake; Nevada-Reno | 11 | 1 |
| Jim Mello | 66 | FB-LB-QB-S | 5-10 | 190 | 27 | Notre Dame | 11 | 5 |
| Mike Micka | 14 | LLB-OH | 6-0 | 188 | 26 | Colgate | 12 | 12 |
| Bill Paschal | 8 | LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 201 | 26 | Georgia Tech | 8 | 5 |
| Johnny Poto | 30/11 | LOH-LDH | 5-10 | 194 | 21 | none | 8 | 1 |
| Tom Rodgers | 59 | DT-OT | 6-0 | 270 | 24 | Bucknell | 11 | 2 |
| Rudy Romboli | 19 | FB-LB-LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH-QB-S | 5-10 | 215 | 24 | none | 11 | 8 |
| Joe Sabasteanski | 21 | RLB-C | 6-0 | 207 | 26 | Fordham | 11 | 2 |
| Nick Scollard | 27 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE-K | 6-4 | 217 | 27 | St. Joseph's (Indiana) | 12 | 12 |
| Frank Seno | 20/54 | S-ROH | 6-0 | 191 | 26 | George Washington | 11 | 11 |
| Al Sidorik | 61 | OT-DT | 6-0 | 248 | 28 | Decatur JC; Mississippi State | 12 | 0 |
| Steve Sucic | 39 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 210 | 26 | Illinois | 5 | 1 |
| Carroll Vogelaar | 51 | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 253 | 27 | Loyola Marymount; San Francisco | 12 | 12 |
| Joe Watt | 56 | RDH | 5-11 | 184 | 28 | Syracuse | 4 | 0 |
| Walt Williams | 26 | LDH | 6-1 | 194 | 28 | Boston University | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Wright | 55 | LOG-LDG-ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 232 | 26 | North Texas; Southern Methodist | 12 | 12 |
| Joe Zeno | 37 | MG?-OG | 5-10 | 234 | 28 | Holy Cross | 2 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Fritz Barzilauskas | G | Yale |
| 2 | 13 | Walt Heap | B | Texas |
| 3 | 15 | John Rapacz | C | Oklahoma |
| 4 | 25 | Al Baldwin | E | Arkansas |
| 5 | 27 | Carroll Vogelaar | T | San Francisco |
| 6 | 37 | George Sullivan | T | Notre Dame |
| 7 | 47 | Joe Watt | B | Syracuse |
| 8 | 57 | Bill Chipley | E | Washington & Lee |
| 9 | 67 | Gene Malinowski | C | Detroit Mercy |
| 10 | 77 | Bob Hazelhurst | B | Denver |
| 11 | 87 | Al Sidorik | T | Mississippi State |
| 12 | 97 | Wally Roberts | E | Holy Cross |
| 13 | 107 | Bob Sullivan | B | Iowa |
| 14 | 117 | Leo Long | B | Duke |
| 15 | 127 | Fran Parker | T | Holy Cross |
| 16 | 137 | Hugo Marcolini | B | St. Bonaventure |
| 17 | 147 | Marion Shirley | T | Oklahoma City |
| 18 | 157 | Roland Nabors | C | Texas Tech |
| 19 | 167 | Pat Kennelly | E | Southeastern Louisiana |
| 20 | 177 | Darroll Waller | B | Washington State |
| 21 | 187 | Paul Hart | B | Delaware |
| 22 | 197 | Jean Lamoure | G | Fresno State |
| 23 | 207 | Hank Kolasinski | B | Wyoming |
| 24 | 217 | Ed Heap | T | Texas |
| 25 | 227 | John Polzin | G | Texas Christian |
| 26 | 237 | Dave Bloxom | B | Texas Christian |
| 27 | 247 | Odell Stautzenberger | G | Texas A&M |
| 28 | 257 | Dick Chatterton | B | Brigham Young |
| 29 | 267 | Tom Rodgers | T | Bucknell |
| 30 | 277 | John Prchlik | T | Yale |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 43 | 52 | 14 | 59 | 168 |
| Opponents Totals | 77 | 51 | 57 | 71 | 256 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 117 | 49 | 52 | 16 | / % | / % | 93 | 855 | |
| Opponents Totals | 219 | 112 | 94 | 13 | / % | / % | 99 | 1030 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Currivan | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Frank Maznicki | 2 | 19 | 21 | 90.5 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 37 |
| Joe Golding | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Hal Crisler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Frank Seno | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bill Chipley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Boley Dancewicz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Paschal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Poto | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Nick Scollard | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 5 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 21 | 23 | 91.3 | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 168 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 29 | 36 | 80.6 | 3 | 11 | 27.3 | 1 | 256 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Maznicki | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 26 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Nick Scollard | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 39 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 3 | 6 | 50.0 | 0 | 39 | 1/1 | 1/3 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 11 | 27.3 | 0/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Seno | 69 | 212 | 3.1 | 22 | 0 |
| Boley Dancewicz | 47 | 145 | 3.1 | 41 | 1 |
| Howie Maley | 32 | 132 | 4.1 | 27 | 0 |
| Bill Paschal | 37 | 124 | 3.4 | 1 | |
| Frank Maznicki | 34 | 77 | 2.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Joe Golding | 26 | 71 | 2.7 | 15 | 1 |
| Jim Mello | 33 | 62 | 1.9 | 9 | 0 |
| Johnny Grigas | 27 | 52 | 1.9 | 13 | 0 |
| Rudy Romboli | 23 | 50 | 2.2 | 15 | 0 |
| Johnny Poto | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 11 | 1 |
| Paul Governali | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 0 | |
| Bill Chipley | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Steve Sucic | 3 | 3 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Mike Micka | 1 | -4 | -4.0 | -4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 343 | 973 | 2.8 | 41 | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 493 | 2020 | 4.1 | 16 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Governali | 54 | 23 | 42.6 | 25 | 314 | 5.8 | 13.7 | 78t | 3 | 5.6 | 6 | 11.1 | 62 | 252 | 40.7 | |
| Boley Dancewicz | 169 | 66 | 39.1 | 85 | 1203 | 7.1 | 18.2 | 69 | 11 | 6.5 | 18 | 10.7 | 214 | 989 | 46.4 | |
| Howie Maley | 12 | 6 | 50.0 | 5 | 144 | 12.0 | 24.0 | 63 | 1 | 8.3 | 1 | 8.3 | 28 | 116 | 86.8 | |
| Bill Paschal | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Frank Maznicki | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Walt Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 238 | 95 | 39.9 | 116 | 1661 | 7.0 | 17.5 | 78t | 15 | 6.3 | 27 | 11.3 | 45.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 303 | 158 | 52.1 | 117 | 2042 | 6.7 | 12.9 | 17 | 5.6 | 28 | 9.2 | 53.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hal Crisler | 25 | 363 | 14.5 | 49 | 2 |
| Don Currivan | 24 | 782 | 32.6 | 78t | 9 |
| Frank Seno | 12 | 118 | 9.8 | 30 | 1 |
| Joe Golding | 6 | 52 | 8.7 | 24t | 2 |
| Frank Maznicki | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Bill Chipley | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 40 | 1 |
| Rudy Romboli | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Bill Paschal | 3 | 67 | 22.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Nick Scollard | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Jim Mello | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Mike Micka | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Sam Goldman | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Johnny Grigas | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Walt Williams | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 95 | 1661 | 17.5 | 78t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 158 | 2042 | 12.9 | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Seno | 10 | 100 | 10.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Joe Golding | 5 | 87 | 17.4 | 28 | 0 |
| Frank Maznicki | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Mike Micka | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Bill Godwin | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Joe Domnanovich | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Rudy Romboli | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Don Currivan | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Mello | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Sabasteanski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 336 | 12.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 236 | 8.7 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howie Maley | 92 | 3731 | 40.6 | 66 | 3 | |||||
| Boley Dancewicz | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 93 | 3771 | 40.5 | 66 | 3 | 913 | 26.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 61 | 2549 | 41.8 | 378 | 34.6 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Seno | 12 | 213 | 17.8 | 86t | 1 | |
| Joe Golding | 7 | 63 | 9.0 | 33 | 0 | |
| Frank Maznicki | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 43 | 0 | |
| Joe Watt | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | ||
| Walt Williams | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Johnny Poto | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 25 | 378 | 15.1 | 86t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 63 | 913 | 14.5 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Seno | 27 | 636 | 23.6 | 79 | 0 | |
| Joe Golding | 9 | 173 | 19.2 | 29 | 0 | |
| Bill Paschal | 5 | 103 | 20.6 | 30 | 0 | |
| Johnny Poto | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 40 | 0 | |
| Rudy Romboli | 3 | 64 | 21.3 | 25 | 0 | |
| Howie Maley | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Johnny Grigas | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Bob McClure | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Sam Goldman | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 52 | 1130 | 21.7 | 79 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 562 | 17.6 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocco Canale | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Collins | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hal Crisler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 0 |
| Boley Dancewicz | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Domnanovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Godwin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Golding | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | |
| Sam Goldman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Paul Governali | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Grigas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Maznicki | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 78 | 2 | |
| Bob McClure | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Mello | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Micka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Paschal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Poto | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tom Rodgers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy Romboli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Sabasteanski | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 | |
| Frank Seno | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 0 | |
| Al Sidorik | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| Carroll Vogelaar | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Wright | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 21 | 8 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 133 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 0 |
| In Memoriam |
| NFL Boxscores |
| NFL Game Officials |
| NFL Training Camps |
| NFL Roster Limits |
| Pro Football Hall of Fame |
| Super Bowl Scores |
| Privacy Policy |
| ©2006-2025 Pro Football Archives. All Rights Reserved. |
| Last Updated: September 11, 2025 |